CONFERENCE THEME AND TOPICS
The conference provides a forum for scholarly debate across finance, accounting, and banking. We welcome submissions on the following topics, among others:
Accounting — environmental accounting, Financial and non-financial disclosures (e.g. ESG, cybersecurity), ESG and the measurement of impairment losses, Forensic accounting, Green finance policy and audit quality, CSR auditing, etc.
Bank Management—risk management, corporate governance, M&As, bankruptcy, efficiency and performance, syndicated loans and ESG pricing, etc.
Corporate Finance — capital structure, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, share repurchases, etc
Corporate Governance — board of directors, remuneration, shareholder voting, corporate governance regulations, etc.
Financial Markets — stock markets, bond markets, mutual funds, globalization and integration, asset pricing, market volatility, behavioural finance, exchange rate markets, commodities markets, etc.
Financial Regulation — Basel framework, micro- and macroprudential regulations, monetary policy, etc.
Financial Stability - competition, risk assessment, systemic risk, financial crises and resolution, etc.
FinTech - crowdfunding, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, LendTech, machine learning and big data, PayTech, robo-advisors, etc.
Sustainable Finance - climate risk, ESG strategies, green bonds, social and green banking, microfinance, cooperative and mutual finance, central banks’ green finance policies, policy making initiatives etc.
Real Estate — house pricing & housing bubbles, real estate markets and the macroeconomy, green finance for green buildings, etc.
Risk Management — market, credit, and operational risk models, hedging strategies, stress
scenarios and black swan events, risk culture and governance frameworks.
Taxation — taxation implications of ESG strategies, tax avoidance, incentives and R&D adoption, tax havens, tax shifting, competition and base erosion profit shifting, etc.
Institutional Environment — Legal systems, informal institutions etc.